Chapter 28: That Old Man"Okay. I will take you home." Liz was frustrated. She wanted to have a conversation with Gigi and finally tell her everything but at the same time, they couldn't even say anything without fighting. Maybe after all they weren't made for each other. Gigi was furious. She wanted to explain herself and spending time with Liz was her favorite thing even after three years. And also, Liz looked hot when she was driving so she was enjoying her view. But they couldn't even stay at the same place for a few minutes without fighting, it was almost impossible. They stayed in complete silence during the ride, they both felt like everything they could say, wouldn't solve the situation at all. Or worse, maybe they would fight again if one of them spoke and they did not have the energy for that. When they were close to Gigi's house, a man almost crashes his car with Liz's. Gigi almost yelled, she was really scared. Liz, without really thinking about it, held her hand again.
Chapter 29: Revenge Feels NiceThey spent two hours deciding where to go. While Gigi wanted to go to a fancy coffee shop, Liz wanted to grab some coffee anywhere and just sit down at any park to drink it and talk. By the time they reached their final decision, it was already too late and all the coffee shops were closed. So they had to eat dinner instead. Liz was kind of mad because she craved that coffee (even though she had drunk one a couple of hours ago) and Gigi did not love the idea of eating a full meal sitting on the grass. However, they decided to eat pizza, it fitted Liz's vegetarian diet and Gigi was fine with it (or so she had told Liz). The car ride was nice, they were constantly joking about the angry man situation and they created a great climate between them, almost as if they weren't about to have a difficult conversation. Gigi felt comfortable and Liz felt free around Gigi almost for the first time in weeks, like she did not have to be terrorized in case Gigi decided
Chapter 30: The TruthGigi wanted to be careful with her choice of words, she knew she only had this chance to convince Liz that she wanted to make things up and that her feelings were sincere. "I hated law school; you know? At first, I was convinced that college was a place where you went only to please your parents, and also it was close to you, I did not even have to leave this place so it felt perfect. But then I discovered that I wanted to please myself and not my parents so I started looking for fashion schools around here. There was almost none, and I wanted to die." Gigi suddenly remembered how many hours she had spent sending applications to the few and really bad fashion schools near to where she lived and how she completely hated all of them. "I loved you so much Liz, so much I couldn't just leave and leave you here by yourself knowing how much you hated this place and how unhappy you were living here so I started pushing that desire of studying something that I liked out be
Chapter 31: Flashback'I have a million missed calls by Liz' she thought. But it was pretty obvious, she had been avoiding her girlfriend for days ever since she saw her openly flirting with that other girl in that coffee shop. She closed her bags and took them into the car while she was crying her eyes out, she almost couldn't get out of bed that morning and her mom and dad had been helping her a lot. Yes, she was being selfish by leaving Illinois, but it was also an act of self-love. She couldn't deal with goodbyes and knew that if Liz asked her to stay, she was going to stay forever, or worse if she made it to LA and Liz would ask her, she was going to come back just to be with her. She just couldn't risk fashion school for childhood love. Nope. But it still hurt a lot, she could almost feel her heart ripping apart.Gigi loved Liz with her whole body and soul. She just needed to leave her behind to be happy. She also had the biggest self-esteem problems and thought that by breaking
Chapter 32: Friends?Liz was shocked, it seemed that with Gigi everything was shocking and unexpected, and she found herself at a loss for words. She wanted to hug Gigi so bad but thought that was way too much even though they were a little bit touchy with each other. Liz truly had no idea of what to say and she felt like an idiot. She did not remember saying any of that to Gigi, she was that depressed that she forgot many things about those days. However, knowing that Gigi had loved her that much made Liz's heart melt. "I honestly don't know what to say I just wanted you to stop talking." Liz may have come off as rude with that comment. Truth was, she needed Gigi to stop talking so she could stop crying and start thinking. "No, I understand, I'm a selfish piece of thrash and you can leave if you want to" Gigi rushed to say, and all of a sudden felt like all of that monologue had been pointless. "No, Geeg. I was gonna say that I did not know any of that." Liz closed her eyes for a s
Chapter 33: Slumber PartyIt was 2 am on a Sunday when Gigi called Liz. The orange-haired had been sleeping for at least three hours when her phone started ringing and woke her up. Rubbing her eyes, she quickly sat in her bed ready to leave her house if Gigi would ask her to."Liz?" Gigi squeaked. She sounded concerned and Liz got scared. Gigi always had a secure tone while speaking and hearing her voice tremble made Liz think that something had happened. "Geeg, are you okay?" Liz did not usually first react to situations by feeling scared but everything was different when it came to Gigi and her well-being. "What are you doing?" Gigi was divided between two things. She needed Liz but she also felt like calling her out of nowhere at 2 a.m was kind of inappropriate. "I'm having dinner with the president, Gigi" Liz was naturally funny, even when she had just woken up. She had a fast tongue; it could be said. But it was also really late so Gigi wasn't catching her jokes as fast as she
Chapter 34: Let's Play A GameGigi ran to her front door forgetting about her fear of darkness almost completely. Liz, as usual, looked kissable. She was wearing the first thing she found in her closet but still, she was the most beautiful and exciting human being in Gigi's eyes. "Come in, Monrae, and please give me a hug." Gigi always needed to have physical contact with Liz and was constantly trying to make up excuses to achieve her goal. It was like she was trying to recover their lost time every single minute that she was with Liz. Liz immediately hugged Gigi, who was standing in front of her and smelled the blonde's perfume, her favorite thing ever. She decided to turn on the torch on her phone to see a little bit of Gigi's face. "Let's go upstairs, your living room is creepy and soon I'll become five years old again like you, and I'll be afraid of darkness too." Gigi took Liz's hand and she guided her to her room. She wasn't scared anymore; she could never be scared around Liz
Chapter 35: Goodnight, GigiGigi could not describe how happy and excited she was for the fact that she was getting to spend a whole night with Liz. They would see each other almost every day but at night, when Gigi felt the loneliest, Liz was never there. So she wanted to make that night count. Besides, she still had questions about Liz on her head that she was never able to ask Liz for one reason or another. Maybe that game was the perfect excuse to ask what she had never dared to ask her. "How many people have you dated since I left?" Gigi slid closer to Liz and the orange-haired girl finally faced her. Liz started playing with one of her orange curls and simply answered "I think only Delilah. I mean, I went on a few dates but they were not you so they didn't work and-""They weren't who?" Gigi's heartbeats suddenly increased and she couldn't help but smile. She knew that feeling of not being able to find another person very well. Liz smiled "You. But shut up about it. It was my
Chapter 58: Flashback"You seriously need to stop kissing me". Gigi warned with a high-pitched voice while she tried to pull Liz's face away from hers with a big smile on her face. "Why would I do that?" Liz complained and tried to kiss her girlfriend once again.They were sixteen lying on Gigi's bed on a normal Tuesday night. Gigi's mom did not like people staying over during weekdays but always made an exception when it came to Liz. Everything was an exception when it came to Liz. "Because it's late and we need to sleep." Liz was not buying that. She knew Gigi was going through something, and had been going through it for the whole day but was not willing to share it with her. "Gigi, it's me, you can tell me anything, you know?""How do you know me so well?" Gigi half-complained and turned to her left to face Liz. "What if someday you ever stop loving me?" She threw that thought so fast to Liz that the orange-haired had to think if she had heard that correctly. "Is that what got
Chapter 57: FlyingLiz's mom had always made sure her daughter knew that nothing was impossible, every single thing she wanted was achievable if she tried hard enough. And, for a while, Liz believed her. She was always a happy child, the creative one, with her head in the clouds and always having fun, nothing could ever be ruined for her, she always found ways to make every situation she was in like a daydream. Until one day she discovered the one thing that she could not do: flying. She was seven and was looking at the sky with Gigi laying next to her when the idea of flying appeared in her mind. She had run to where her mom was, at the kitchen preparing the most delicious cookies for them, and told her that she had found the one impossible thing she was never going to able to do: flying.Her mom found the situation too adorable to crush her daughter's dreams so she told her that if Liz tried hard enough, one day, she was going to be able to fly. However, she warned, she did not hav
Chapter 56: The SpyDelilah St. Louis could be many things. She was a clever girl, with the most amazing grades and a higher IQ than the average one. Her beauty was undeniable, no one had ever made her feel like she was not cute enough, she even had 'pretty privilege' when she went to parties and social events in comparison to her other friends. She was always offered drinks and let into places for free. She was independent, she had moved away from her house when she was just sixteen and had multiple jobs ever since without anyone's help. Delilah was hardworking, bright, impressive, reliable, punctual, and many other things, but she was not dumb. Yes, she could act as if she was dumb and make people think they could trick her, yet she always knew when something was not right, when something was not true. She could almost smell lies from miles away. Liz and she had started dating many months ago, she could not even count how many months they had been seeing each other with her fingers
Chapter 55: Marco"Why did it take you forever to grab two coffees I was dying of boredom here" Gigi complained and Liz felt even sadder. Leaving Gigi waiting outside was almost nothing compared to what she just got into, but it still made her feel terrible. Gigi was so relieved to see Liz coming out of that place, she was thirsty and also missed her terribly even if she had just left minutes ago. The orange-haired was holding two big drinks in her hands, both had cream on top of them and were iced, so Gigi was intrigued. When she tried the beverage, it tasted better than she had imagined and she felt butterflies in her stomach thinking about how much Liz knew her. "What? You were already missing me?" Liz shot back with a flirty tone, she was determined to forget what had happened and just enjoy her day with Gigi. If she could make her feel happy even for some hours, she was going to do it. Gigi's happiness was her happiness too. "What is this? This tastes great" They started slowly
Chapter 54: Deal"Gigi, you know I hate walking" Liz complained after following Gigi for fifteen minutes. The blonde was walking way too fast for Liz's taste just because of how excited she was. She had never imagined that being around Liz was going to boost her energy that much but it was what she needed to be completely happy. "Liz, you are the most annoying person I've ever met, and I'm not exaggerating" Gigi replied without breaking the smile she had been holding since Liz had agreed to follow her. "Can I at least know where are we going?" Gigi just nodded her head and held Liz's hand even tighter, she was not letting her know where they were going. It was the perfect day for being together and the perfect moment for them to go to that place they were heading to. They both felt like people were vibrating in symphony with them as they all seem happy and Gigi and Liz could only see smiley faces around them. Even if they were walking in complete silence, they were enjoying each
Chapter 53: Are You Mad At Me?It was more than a surprise for Gigi to be wakened up by a noise and that noise being Liz standing right behind her. "Liz? What are you doing here?" Gigi was truly surprised and thought it was getting more common than she would like to admit casually seeing Liz again. "What are you doing here?" Liz shot back and started frenetically touching her hair. She was nervous, especially after what had happened the previous night and how many risks she was taking just for being there. "I needed to clear my mind a little bit and?. I don't know, I really like this place." Gigi looked vulnerable, she was so tired of being a 'bad girl', that day she felt different. "Can we talk?"Without even waiting to say yes, Liz sat down in front of her almost immediately. Yes, she wanted to talk to Gigi. Yes, she needed Gigi around and yes, she wanted to kiss Gigi. Also, the sun looked beautiful on her soft skin so she wanted to admire it from a closer spot. "I wanted to apol
Chapter 52: Millennium ParkGigi woke up the following morning with a bright new thought: she wanted that day to be different. She was not that kind of positive girl who always smiled and hoped for a better day but that single day was different. A big part of why she was so happy that morning was because she had been able to figure things out with Jayla, her best friend. Seeing her sleeping next to her with her messy hair and her makeup still on her face gave Gigi all the good vibes that she needed. However, she knew she had already bothered Jayla a lot with her problems, and maybe she had even drained her brain a little bit, so she decided to spend that day on her own, maybe going to the park to prepare herself for the upcoming semester, that was getting closer each day, or just to listen to some music was the right thing to do. She found those plans mesmerizing and was happy to start that new little adventure. The kids she was babysitting were out of town with their grandma and she
Chapter 51: What Are You Doing Here?Liz didn't know if she was feeling more miserable over the fact that she was Gigi's mom and that meant that she had just broken her daughter's heart just a couple of hours ago or by the fact that she knew something she didn't, that her husband was probably cheating on her and she hadn't been brave enough to tell Gigi nor her about it. "What are you doing here, kiddo?" Was the first thing Gigi's mom said putting her bags on the floor and immediately hugging her. The relationship she had with Gigi's mom was almost like she was a member of her own family, in fact, she always called her 'aunt'. Liz felt so miserable with the fact that she was going to have to lie once again and that time it was directly to her aunt, it sucked since they had a no lies policy between them."I thought Gigi was with you? Now I don't know if she said she was spending the night at your place or Jayla's." "I'm here with Delilah, she wanted to buy a couple of things and drag
Chapter 50: Blonde"Lizzy, do you like this one?" Delilah turned around to show Liz the short dress she was trying. They were shopping in the main city center and Liz couldn't be more bored. Well, maybe bored wasn't the word she would use, she was tired. Her kiss with some blonde girl got her up all night and the bags under her eyes were the living proof of it. She wanted to know how Gigi was doing if she had felt the same amount of happiness as her if she had stayed up all night thinking about her as Liz did if she had felt like she fell in love all over again with Liz and many more things. But, taking the good feelings aside, Liz was sad. The guilt she was feeling was almost consuming her and was damaging her brain, she couldn't even breathe without feeling like the worst person alive. She was a loser for not telling Delilah the truth and a bigger loser for choosing not to talk to Gigi instead of trying to fix things once again. Delilah had called her a couple of hours after that in